$2,500 Season Finale ($1,000,000 Guaranteed) Day 1b | 2022 RunGood Poker Series Season Finale

$2,500 Season Finale ($1,000,000 Guaranteed)

Day 1b Completed

12-04-2022 23:16 UTC-7

Cimpan Bags Overall Chip Lead on Day 1b of RunGood Season Finale

Mike Patrick

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Day 1b of the $1,000,000 guaranteed RGPS Contenders Season Finale saw several players battle for the chip lead throughout the day, but at the end, it turned into a two-horse race with two-time WPT champion Cornel Cimpan taking the honor with 344,500 chips.

Michael Loncar was the only other player finishing Day 1b over 300,000, as he finished with 310,500.

Overall Day 2 Chip Leaders

Place	Name	Flight	Chip Count	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	Cornel Cimpan	1b	344,500	229
2	Michael Loncar	1b	310,500	207
3	Lane Jacobson	1a	283,000	188
4	Richard Peloquin	1a	274,000	182
5	Man Pham	1a	269,000	179
6	Chad Burum	1a	263,000	175
7	Phaly Nou	1b	260,000	173
8	Tyler Patterson	1a	258,500	172
9	Lam Le	1a	254,500	169
10	Xai Vang	1b	214,000	142

Just 75 of the 187 Day 1b entries advanced to Day 2, adding to the 83 survivors from Day 1a. Those 158 players will be joined at noon Monday by any last-minute entries who can buy in with 26 big blinds before registration closes to start level 9.

Among the notables to bag Sunday were Scott Stewart (160,000), Nick Pupillo (155,000), Angela Jordison (143,500) and Johnnie Moreno (68,000), while others such as Sean Drake and Jarod Minghini will have to take that final opportunity for entry before play begins at noon Monday.

The Day 2 Plan

Ten more 60-minute levels are scheduled Monday, beginning with level 9 at blinds of 1,000 / 1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante. Players will reach the money on Day 2 with prizepool and payout information available once registration has closed.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage from the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort until a champion is crowned on Tuesday.

Tags: Angela Jordison Chad Burum Cornel Cimpan Jarod Minghini Johnnie Moreno Lam Le Lane Jacobson Man Pham Nick Pupillo Phaly Nou Richard Peloquin Scott Stewart Sean Drake Tyler Patterson Victor Peredes Xai Vang

12-04-2022 23:00 UTC-7

Day 2 Seat Draw

Mike Patrick

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Adam Curchack	81,000	54
1	2	Bob Mather	93,500	62
1	3
1	4	Joshua Steiner	118,000	78
1	5
1	6	Johnnie Moreno	68,000	45
1	7	Harry Sellers	172,500	114
1	8	Lee Markholt	33,000	22
1	9	Frank Szuchopa	36,000	24

2	1	Jeff Beachy	53,500	35
2	2	Joe Mussat	37,500	25
2	3
2	4	Paul Hawkins	43,000	28
2	5	Toko Luu	17,000	11
2	6	Jeff Spruitenburg	30,000	20
2	7	Farhad Ghafari	145,000	96
2	8	Arish Nat	67,000	44
2	9	Richard Kirlin	50,000	33

3	1	Dong Meng	126,500	84
3	2	Charles Swan	174,000	116
3	3
3	4	Andy Witek	154,000	102
3	5	Antonio Gutierrez	121,000	80
3	6	David Goodkin	155,000	103
3	7	Lam Le	254,500	169
3	8	Marco Johnson	26,000	17
3	9	Gary Pisarek	154,500	103

4	1	Mario Lopez	158,500	105
4	2
4	3
4	4	Travis Fujisaka	212,000	141
4	5	Ryan Andrada	26,000	17
4	6	Phaly Nou	260,000	173
4	7	Bryant Miller	127,000	84
4	8	Shain Matthews	38,000	25
4	9	Reggie Pears	38,500	25

5	1	Paul Richardson	129,000	86
5	2	Alan Burgess	83,000	55
5	3
5	4	Stuart Young	106,500	71
5	5	Jeff Platt	36,000	24
5	6	Roger Bailey	181,000	120
5	7	Angela Jordison	143,500	95
5	8	Jose Cruz	37,500	25
5	9	Chad Burum	263,000	175

6	1	Michael Needle	94,500	63
6	2
6	3
6	4	Xai Vang	214,000	142
6	5	Moshe Gavrieli	106,000	70
6	6	Eliezier Gonzalez	129,500	86
6	7	Jon Des Pois	131,000	87
6	8	Brian Estrada	53,000	35
6	9	Jack Surwald	140,000	93

7	1	Nicholas Loxley	144,000	96
7	2	Jesse Dinsley	92,500	61
7	3
7	4	Richard Peloquin	274,000	182
7	5	Evan Maurer	36,000	24
7	6	Francis Anderson	90,500	60
7	7	Man Pham	269,000	179
7	8	Ben Ludlow	152,000	101
7	9	Rachel De La Torre	97,000	64

8	1	David Larson (CA)	125,000	83
8	2	Ying Wang	53,000	33
8	3
8	4	Stephen Song	50,500	33
8	5	Sung Keem	34,000	22
8	6	Max Young	54,500	36
8	7	Pol Candelon	71,000	47
8	8	Forrest Kollar	79,500	53
8	9	Trevor O'Donoghue	66,500	44

9	1	Feiyue Wu	73,500	49
9	2	Damion Underwood	54,000	36
9	3
9	4	Francis Nguyen	28,000	18
9	5	Gene Davenport	49,500	33
9	6	Joe Fernandez	98,000	65
9	7	Tyler Patterson	258,500	172
9	8	Kenny Jones	82,500	55
9	9	Cedrric Trevino	107,500	71

10	1	Andrew Ostapchenko	178,000	118
10	2	Ray Henson	181,000	120
10	3
10	4	Lance Oliver	87,000	58
10	5	Toan Nguyen	151,500	101
10	6	Haixia Zhang	48,000	32
10	7	Jorgio Castro	196,000	130
10	8	Pierre Philp	27,500	18
10	9	Kris Burchfield	40,500	27

11	1	Brett Murray	29,000	19
11	2	Anthony An	145,000	96
11	3
11	4	Eddie Barna	94,000	62
11	5	Menram Moeinzaoen	58,500	39
11	6	Rudy Robledo	60,000	40
11	7	Shijia Liu	150,500	100
11	8	Scott Stewart	160,000	106
11	9	Brandon Zuidema	59,000	39

12	1	Darren Rabinowitz	75,000	50
12	2	Greg Pincombe	82,000	54
12	3
12	4	Derrick Nobles	125,500	83
12	5	Rogelio Avalos	36,000	24
12	6	Alejandro Madrigal	22,000	14
12	7	Jon C	38,500	25
12	8	Kelly Mayhugh	96,000	64
12	9	Stephen Godfrey	77,500	51

13	1	Michael Rossito	49,000	32
13	2	Brock Wilson	36,500	24
13	3
13	4	Nick Pupillo	155,000	103
13	5	Greg Jennings	115,000	76
13	6	Victor Paredes	70,500	47
13	7	Joe Nguyen	56,000	37
13	8	Michael Lin	43,500	29
13	9	Elizabeth Smith	80,500	53

14	4	Connor Henderson	111,500	74
14	8	JC Tran	96,500	64
14	1	Jonathan Wang	80,000	53
14	2	Hock Lau	32,000	21
14	3
14	5
14	6	Mike Lancaster	43,500	29
14	7	[Removed:420]	70,000	46
14	9	Pat Lyons	45,000	30

15	1	Dylan Wilkerson	114,000	76
15	2	Papa Karn	70,000	46
15	3
15	4	Charisse Case	142,000	94
15	5
15	6	Allen Ayers	75,000	50
15	7	Mario Quijano	71,500	47
15	8	Nabil Zumout	40,500	27
15	9	David Covarrubias	56,000	37

16	1	Deven Cannon	139,000	92
16	2	Ben Underwood	94,000	62
16	3
16	4	Lane Jacobson	283,000	188
16	5
16	6	Arthur Tanimoto	106,500	71
16	7	Noel Rodriguez	87,000	58
16	8	Glenn Burleson	61,000	40
16	9	Masoud Shojaei	9,500	6

17	1	Florencio Arguelles	110,000	73
17	2	Juan Valadez	191,000	127
17	3
17	4	Michael Loncar	310,500	207
17	5
17	6	Mike Scalise	144,500	96
17	7	Craig Schott	106,000	70
17	8	Mark Egbert	90,500	60
17	9	Allan Fernando	88,000	58

18	1	Cornel Cimpan	344,500	229
18	2	Cornel Roman	112,500	75
18	3
18	4	Garrett Gruener	119,000	79
18	5
18	6	Liya Gerasimova	192,000	128
18	7	Yanki Koppel	90,500	60
18	8	Justin Saliba	34,000	22
18	9	Thomas Morris	47,000	31

19	1	Jasthi Kumar	77,500	51
19	2	Mike Runnels	28,000	18
19	3
19	4	Sok Chean	24,000	16
19	5
19	6	Wesley Lehman	79,000	52
19	7	Sasha Sabbaghian	107,000	71
19	8	Michael Ludwick	161,500	107
19	9	Dann Turner	100,000	66

20	1	Mark Dolan	52,000	34
20	2	Jeffrey Lennon	133,000	88
20	3
20	4	Benny Rosa	27,500	18
20	5
20	6	Adam Brownstone	64,500	43
20	7	Prab Thonduru	74,500	49
20	8	Kyle Kitagawa	44,500	29
20	9	Jesse Hollander	142,500	95

21	1	Megan Thomson	67,500	45
21	2	Joe Stapleton	56,500	37
21	3
21	4	Kenny Tran	74,500	49
21	5
21	6	Andrew Moreno	169,500	113
21	7	Stuart Tuvey	125,500	83
21	8	Rassoul Malboubi	72,500	48
21	9	William Prin	22,000	14

Player	Chips	Progress
Cornel Cimpan	344,500
Michael Loncar	310,500
Lane Jacobson	283,000
Richard Peloquin	274,000
Man Pham	269,000
Chad Burum	263,000	263,000
Phaly Nou	260,000
Tyler Patterson	258,500
Lam Le	254,500
Xai Vang	214,000
Travis Fujisaka	212,000
Jorgio Castro	196,000
Liya Gerasimova	192,000
Juan Valadez	191,000
Roger Bailey	181,000
Ray Henson	181,000
Andrew Ostapchenko	178,000
Charles Swan	174,000
Harry Sellers	172,500
Andrew Moreno	169,500
Michael Ludwick	161,500
Scott Stewart	160,000
Mario Lopez	158,500
David Goodkin	155,000
Nick Pupillo	155,000

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12-04-2022 22:42 UTC-7

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

Mike Patrick

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cornel Cimpan	344,500
Michael Loncar	310,500
Phaly Nou	260,000
Xai Vang	214,000
Travis Fujisaka	212,000
Charles Swan	174,000	49,000
Scott Stewart	160,000
Mario Lopez	158,500	158,500
Nick Pupillo	155,000
Toan Nguyen	151,500	151,500
Shijia Liu	150,500	150,500
Anthony An	145,000	145,000
Farhad Ghafari	145,000	145,000
Mike Scalise	144,500	144,500
Nicholas Loxley	144,000	144,000
Angela Jordison	143,500
Jesse Hollander	142,500	105,000
Charisse Case	142,000	142,000
Deven Cannon	139,000	139,000
Jeffrey Lennon	133,000	133,000
Paul Richardson	129,000
Bryant Miller	127,000
Dong Meng	126,500	126,500
Garrett Gruener	119,000	119,000
Joshua Steiner	118,000	118,000

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12-04-2022 21:40 UTC-7

Five Hands To Go

Mike Patrick

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Tournament staff has just announced that five more hands will be played to complete Day 1b.

12-04-2022 21:29 UTC-7

Loncar's "Lucky Hand" Solidifies His Chip Lead

Mike Patrick

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Michael Loncar has been cruising in the last levels of the day and is currently the only player in the room over 300,000 chips.

In a recent hand picked up on the turn with approximately 15,000 in the middle on a board of , the big blind and cutoff each checked to Loncar on the button who bet 10,000.

Both his opponents folded and the pot was pushed to Loncar.

"My lucky hand" said Loncar as he showed a raggedy that had flopped him two pair to earn the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Loncar	331,000	98,000

Tags: Michael Loncar

12-04-2022 21:20 UTC-7

Moreno Cut Down by "Spartacus"

Mike Patrick

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Johnnie Moreno raised to 2,800 in the cutoff and was called by Greg "Spartacus" Pincombe on the button.

The flop came and Moreno bet 3,000.

Pincombe then clicked it to 6,000 and after a brief pause, Moreno folded his hand, leaving himself just under 50,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Pincombe	61,000	12,000
Johnnie Moreno	48,000	-25,500

Tags: Johnnie Moreno

12-04-2022 21:05 UTC-7

A Few Updated Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cornel Cimpan	281,000	94,000
Travis Fujisaka	212,000	43,500
Paul Richardson	130,000	-7,600
Arthur Tanimoto	129,000
Sasha Sabbaghian	92,000	60,000
Greg Pincombe	49,000	-12,400